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HAY PRESS.

No. 244,272.. Patented July 12,1881. 1.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MARCH, OF EDEN, NEW YORK.

HAY-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,272, dated July 12,1881.

Application filed March 29, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN MAnoH, a citizen ofthe United States, residing in Eden, in the county of Erie and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHay-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a strong and easily-constructedhay-press; and it consists of a vertical case for holding the hay, thecase being provided with suitable doors, a cover arranged to slidehorizontally in grooved slideways, and a vertically-movable pressingplaten or piston arranged below, in combination with a series of pulleysconnected with a rope on each side of the machine, each rope beingarranged so as to draw evenly on each side of the pressing-piston, andhaving their opposite ends connected to a vertically-arranged taperingbarrel or Windlass, as and for purposes which will be more clearlyhereinafter shown by reference to the drawings, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation; Fig. 2, a plan or top view. Fig. 3 is a diagram showinga top view of and the diagonal arrangement of two of the lower pulleys,J, also two of the upper pulleys and the top of the windlass. Fig.4 is avertical longitudinal section through line X X, Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is afront elevatiou.

A is the case into which the hay is placed to be pressed.

13 represents the base or lower frame; B, a brace for supporting thecase A, of which there are two, one on each side. The upper part of thecase is provided with a frame,() O,having grooves a, (see Figs. 3, 4,and 5,) into which the cover a is arranged to slide horizontally backand forth, so that the case or box A may be covered or uncovered whenrequired. The front and rear of the case or boXA is provided with doors0 0 connected in the usual waybyhinges I). They are securely held,whenshut, by means of the bars 0 c and the hooks d (1. (See Figs. 1 and 5.)The bars 0 0' are held to the case by staples or hinges e. In Fig. 5 Ihave shown the position of the doors G 0 and the looking or fasteningbars, when opened, by the dotted lines D D.

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E represents the vertically-movable platen. Its lower cross-bar, 0, (seeFig. 4,) is formed so that each end passes through the openings orslideways f on each side of the case A. On each end of the bar (2 is astrong iron binding-frame, f, to the upper part of which, on each sideof the case, is connected a supporting-frame, g, for holding the pulleyF. (See Fig. 1.) The frames 9 are each provided with a strong iron pin,h, to which the rope Gr (or a cable or chain)is securelyfastened..Arope, G, is also secured in a similar way on the opposite side of themachine, both ropes, one on each side of the case A, being arranged topass up over the pulleys t, then down under the pulleys F, and up overthe pulleys i. From thence they pass down and under the pulleys J, theropes on both sides of the case being arranged alike. After passingunder the pulleys J the ropes pass to and are connected to the largerportion near the center of the barrel or Windlass H, which tapers bothways, up and down, from the center J, and each tapering portion isprovided with spiral grooves L, into which the ropes pass as the barrelis being turned. (See Figs. 1, 2, and 4.) The rope G is attached to thelower tapering section of the barrel and the rope G to the uppersection. The Windlass or barrel is secured in the usual bearings inaframe, L L and is strengthened by braces M.

N is a handle for turning it. It will be seen that as the barrel H ismade tapering, as shown,

and that as the ropes arewound up, they wind from the larger to thesmaller diameters, and the leverage increases as the hay is bein gcompressed and its resistance increases.

The operation of the invention will be readily understood by referenceto the drawings.

Both doors being open (or one, if desired) and the platen E at itslowest point, the required amount of hay is put in and the doors areclosed and fastened, as hereinbefore mentioned, and the cover a is movedover in place, thereby inclosing the hay on all sides. It will now beseen that by turning the handle N in the direction of the arrow 1? (seeFig. 2) the platen E will move up and compress the hay IOO combined withthe ropes of a press, my invenat the sides, and barrel or Windlass H,protion relating to the construction of devices devided with the upperand lower tapering por- 1o scribed; but tions having spiral grooves, allas and for the I claimpurposes described. A hay-press consisting of thecase or box A, JOHN MARCH. provided with side doors and fastenings, andWitnesses: a sliding top-cover, a,in combination with the JAMESSANGSTER, platen E,ropes G G, pulleys F7; t" J, arranged A. J. SANGSTER.

